A married female teacher has been charged with sexual assault over claims she had sexual relations with a student in New Jersey.
Julie Rizzitello, 36, is accused of engaging in ‘various sexual acts’ with the student on ‘multiple occasions and in at least three jurisdictions — Belmar, Brick, and Wall’ over the course of the year.
Rizzitello, who tied the knot with her husband in 2017, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault, three counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of witness tampering.
Rizzitello resigned from her role at Wall Township High School earlier this week following the allegations.
The former English teacher is currently in Monmouth County Correctional Institution where she is waiting for a detention hearing.
Julie Rizzitello, 36, has been charged with sexual assault over claims she had sexual relations with a student in New Jersey
Rizzitello’s alleged relationship with the student is said to have began earlier this year.
Prosecutors claim she engaged in sexual acts with them on multiple occasions and across three different townships.
She has now been charged in both Monmouth and Ocean counties.
Rizzitello was reportedly an English teacher who spent 10 years working with the Wall Township School District.
She is accused of engaging in ‘various sexual acts’ with the student on ‘multiple occasions and in at least three jurisdictions — Belmar, Brick, and Wall’ over the course of the year
It comes after special education teacher Allison Havemann-Niedrach in New Jersey was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting one of her students
She also served as an advisor for several clubs in the area. It is not clear if the victim was a student or a member of the club.
Her profile on the school district website was removed on Thursday but an archived copy of the webpage was still available.
She is waiting for a court date at Monmouth County Superior Court where she will face the charges.
It comes after a special education teacher in New Jersey who describes herself online as a ‘passionate’ educator was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting one of her students.
Allison Havemann-Niedrach, 43, a special education teacher at Freehold Intermediate School in New Jersey, was taken into custody, prosecutors announced on June 29.
Her arrest came after an investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Freehold Police Department revealed she allegedly began sexually abusing a student earlier this year.
It is unclear how many times she allegedly sexually assaulted the student or how old the student may have been, though the intermediate school only teaches students from sixth to eighth grade.
Havemann-Niedrach is now facing one count each of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree child welfare endangerment, and was seen smiling in her mugshot.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and Wall Township School District for comment.
